Students and parents attend a rally to show opposition to the teachers’ strike in Vancouver on Sept. 2, 2014.(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

Parents, teachers and politicians rally in support of B.C. education during a teach-in on the B.C. Legislature lawn in Victoria on Sept. 2, 2014.(Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press)

A child sits on shoulders next to a sign that reads “Families 1st (If you’re in private school)” at the B.C. Legislature in Victoria on Sept. 2, 2014.(Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press)

Cleo Petric-Neighbour, left, and her friend Milan Gill, both six years old and entering Grade 1 at Lord Roberts Elementary School, hold signs during a rally to show opposition to the teachers’ strike in Vancouver on Sept. 2, 2014.(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

Emma Jackson, 14, entering Grade 10 at Windermere Secondary School, holds a sign with intentionally misspelled words during a rally by students opposed to the teachers’ strike in Vancouver on Sept. 2, 2014.(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

Neil Wu, left, and Michael Cheung, who is entering Grade 5 at Lord Roberts Elementary School, hold signs during a rally opposed to the teachers’ strike in Vancouver on Sept. 2, 2014.(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

Ray Stewart, a teacher from Keating Elementary, joins parents, teachers and politicians rallying for B.C. education at the B.C. Legislature in Victoria on Sept. 2, 2014.(Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press)

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